{smcl}

{pstd}{bf:maptile {hline 2} Geography: state}{p_end}


{marker description}{...}
{title:Description}

{pstd}{bf:state} generates a map of U.S. states.{p_end}

{pstd}It displays Alaska and Hawaii rescaled and moved to the bottom left of the map, below the continental US, for ease of viewing.{p_end}


{marker geographic-id-variables}{...}
{title:Geographic ID variables}

{synoptset 13 tabbed}{...}
{synopt:{bf:state}}2-letter state abbreviations{p_end}
{synopt:{bf:statefips}}2-digit state FIPS codes{p_end}
{synopt:{bf:statename}}unabbreviated state names{p_end}


{marker geography-specific-options}{...}
{title:Geography-Specific Options}

{synoptset tabbed}{...}
{synopt:{opth geoid(varname)}}specifies the geographic ID variable to use; default is {bf:geoid(state)}{p_end}


{marker author}{...}
{title:Author}

{pstd}Michael Stepner{break} stepner@mit.edu{p_end}


{marker license}{...}
{title:License}

{pstd}This geography template is released into the public domain. The shapefile it is derived from is in the public domain, and all code and documentation in this template is released into the public
domain using the terms of the {browse "http://unlicense.org/":Unlicense}.{p_end}